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t DANIELHARWOOD, OF DUT-CHJFLAT, CALIFORNIA, ASSIGNOR TO HIMSELF AND SETH WHITE, OF SAME PLACE..

Lette/rs .Patent No. 92,823, dated J'fuly 20, 1.869.

IMPROVED ANIMAL-TRAP.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making pari: of the Baume.

To all whom it ma/y concern:

Be it known that I, DANIEL H ARWOOD, of Dutch Flat, in the county of Placer, and State of California, have'invented a certain new and improved Animal- Trap, of which the following is a full and exact de-V scription, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, and the letters of reference marked thereon.

Figure 1 is a perspective,

Figure 2, a longitudinal, and

Figure 3, a transverse section, in which A is the main-spring.

B, the jaws.

(l, cutters or blades.

D, teeth.

E is the ring for attaching the chain.

F is a ring for the foot, and

G, a'm'ng for the hand in setting the trap.v

H is a sliding bar, operating through the mortise R.

Attached to the under part of the bar H is the catch or projection J which stops against the spring K.

The bait-pan L is pivoted at M.

The spring K is attachedvat N and at the `slot O, which allows the spring K to operate, iaising up the bar H, to receive the shoulder or projection J.

Upon the'spring K .is the-projection S', which operates, in connection with the corresponding projection '.l, upon the end of the baitpan lever L, for the'purpose of operating the spring K, in holding or discharging the bar H. l

'The following is the operation of the trap:

The-foot being placed in the ringF, and the hand in the ring G, the jaws B are drawn back, withdrawing the slide H until the shoulder or projection J passes the spring K, which rises against'the slide H, to receive the bar H;

The'bait-pan L is then brought inline, so that the projection upon the same is directly under the projection upon the spring K, therebyholding the bar H, which holds the jaws of the trap apart when the trap is set. The vtrap is then set so that the spring A stands perpcndicnlarly.

When set for gophers or common'ground-moles, it is placed so that the bait-pan lies in the centre of the hole, and the jaws B stand each side of the hole. The top is then covered, to exclude the light. The mole then passing in at either end, comes in contact with the bait-pan L, which, being moved either way, inoves olf the projection upon thcspring K, releasingthe same, when the inclined projection oishoulder J forces the spring K down, freeing-the bar H, and allowingit -to pass through the mortise R, and thejaws B to ilyV together, catching the mole.

When the trap is constructed for catching larger animals, as foxes, wolves, bears, 85o., the trap is placed longitudinally between two logs, notched to receive the jaws, in order to conceal them from the animal.

It will be seen that the jaws are provided with blades, O, for cutting the throat of animals whose flesh is good for food.

The staple E has a chain attached, and `made fast the trap does not materially aect the facility with.

which the ltriggers are held or'discharged.

The lightness and compactness of the trap, in -proport-ion tothe weight and power ofthe same, is another remarkable t'eature; also, the preserving ofthe flesh of such animals as are good for food, .is of considerable importance, while the durability of the setting-arrangement is also f muchl importance. v

' I claim the combination of the spring A, the jaws B- B, the bladesv .C O, when the trap is operated by the sliding bar H, inclined projection J, and catch-spring K and its projections'S, lield by the.projecton T on the bait-pan, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

DANIEL HARWOOD.

fitnessesz JOHN H. RnDs'roNn, ALBERT E. RnDsToNn. 

